A white former St. Louis Police Officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith, a black man, on Friday, September 15, 2017. Protests began, with hundreds taking to the streets throughout the evening. Today, protesters marched through a local mall with plans to reassemble in downtown St. Louis.

Cop acquittal sparks St. Louis protests

Protesters project images on a building as they march in response to a not guilty verdict in the trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley on Saturday night, Sept. 16, 2017, in St. Louis. Stockley was acquitted in the 2011 killing of a black man following a high-speed chase.